Dance
THEATRICAL INSTALLLATION
Les moutons (The Sheep)
Also available as a French as a Second Language program!
Grades:
1-6, 7-8, 9-12
Audience Maximum:
250
Price per performance:
$800 + GST
Reality meets fantasy in this unique presentation that recreates a bucolic country scene right in your school gymnasium. Meet the shepherd and his flock of sheep, each with their own unique personality. All is quiet and serene in the sheep pen until the calm is threatened by an intruder.
Travel to a strange and hilarious universe as CORPUS takes you through a carefully studied overview of sheep behaviour.
The performance is followed by an in-depth session with members of the company for students to discuss their observations and opinions.
Travel to a strange and hilarious universe as CORPUS takes you through a carefully studied overview of sheep behaviour.
The performance is followed by an in-depth session with members of the company for students to discuss their observations and opinions.
- Performance Length: 30 minutes + 20 minute Q & A
- Les moutons has toured 16 countries on 4 continents to rave reviews!
Curriculum Focus & Expectations
Themes:
- Imitating movement including dynamics, quality of movement and intention, and exploring use of space
- Attention to detail when creating characters in performance
- Animals in their habitat
Character Education:
- Roles and responsibilities
Expectations:
- Demonstrate an understanding of how the language of dance can clarify and highlight ideas, images, and characters in performances
- Identify, using dance vocabulary, the elements of dance used in their own and others’ dance pieces and explain how each helps to communicate ideas and feelings
- Explain, using drama terminology, how elements of drama are used to produce specific effects and audience’s responses in drama works
Tour Availability:
- February 8 - 21, 2010
Technical Requirements:
- Performance area: minimum: 20' x 20'
- Performed in the round on gym floor
- Close access to drinkable water (for the sheep)